Chapter 76 (First Release)
His voice was deep and incredulous, and for the first time he showed anger towards her.
Ning Wanwan was stunned, not understanding where his anger came from.
Jiang Chengran is angry, so why is Zhou Yanyao angry too?
She couldn't help but speak up in defense: "I just twisted my ankle, and this is the ice cream I bought after waiting in a long line..."
Zhou Yanyao didn't speak. After packing up the makeshift first-aid kit, he put it aside and didn't get up. He just looked up at Ning Wanwan.
Ning Wanwan's voice gradually grew softer and softer.
Zhou Yanyao looked at her for a while, then lowered his eyes, gently held her calf with his hand, and carefully put her shoes on.
For a moment, it was almost like a tall knight in a fairy tale kneeling on the ground, putting on a beautiful crystal shoe for a girl.
However, Ning Wanwan was only wearing very ordinary shoes, which had nothing to do with any crystal shoes.
Moreover, Ning Wanwan felt even more embarrassed at this moment.
She felt the burning heat from his palm and pursed her lips uncomfortably, trying to pull her leg back, but she couldn't because of the slight force he used.
"What's the rush?" Zhou Yanyao's voice was devoid of emotion as he slowly and deliberately put on her shoes. "Take a break. Do you want to fall again?"
Ning Wanwan felt that Zhou Yanyao's mood was not quite right at the moment, and she had a vague intuition that if she said anything more now, it might cause some changes in the situation that she did not want to see.
She silently shut her mouth, looked down at Zhou Yanyao, and then stared blankly at the ice cream in her hand.
Ning Wanwan only breathed a sigh of relief when Zhou Yanyao finally put her shoes on.
She pulled her legs back as if fleeing, stomped her shoes on the ground, and the residual warmth left on the skin of her ankle where she had just been touched was gradually fading.
Ning Wanwan calmed down a bit, then continued to stare blankly at the ice cream.
Fortunately, it wasn't hot, and the ice cream had plenty of chocolate coating, so it hadn't melted yet.
But it certainly won't last long.
We should hurry back and find Jiang Chengran.
Just as Ning Wanwan was about to stand up, she heard Zhou Yanyao suddenly speak.
"Wanwan, you said before that you would grant me one request. Can I make my request now?"
Ning Wanwan paused for a moment, her gaze involuntarily shifting from the ice cream to Zhou Yanyao.
Zhou Yanyao still didn't get up, but squatted down beside her legs, his gaze level with hers as she sat in the chair.
His face lacked its usual bright smile; his dark eyes were deep and serious as he made his demands of her.
Ning Wanwan knew about the invitation letter he was referring to. At the time, she asked him to help deliver Lin Ruowei's invitation letter to Jiang Chengran on the condition that she would grant him a request.
Is he dissatisfied now and wants her to fulfill her promise immediately?
Ning Wanwan stared at him for a while, and suddenly felt a little unhappy too.
Making demands of her at this time
She hasn't asked him why he's here today, or if it's because he secretly read the invitation!
Otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence?
Moreover, when she first met Jiang Chengran today, she noticed that his reaction was strange. He didn't seem to know that Lin Ruowei had written the invitation letter at all. It was more like he still believed that she had deceived him the whole time, and that he only learned the truth about the person who invited him after arriving at the amusement park.
This situation most likely arose because the signature on the letter was incorrect. Ning Wanwan personally witnessed Lin Ruowei writing her own signature and putting the letter into the envelope.
The problem can only lie with Zhou Yanyao.
Ning Wanwan hadn't even questioned Zhou Yanyao about these puzzling and frustrating things yet, but now he was treating her with a stern face and demanding that she keep her promise, making her feel like she had let him down.
Thinking of this, Ning Wanwan's face turned cold: "I don't remember what the request was."
Zhou Yanyao: "!!!"
Zhou Yanyao stared at her in shock, leaning forward. His expressionless mask shattered, revealing a face full of disbelief and bewilderment: "Wanwan! Have you changed your mind?"
The tall, short-haired man looked bewildered, like a big dog that expected a bone as a reward but was refused by its owner; his shock and disappointment were practically overflowing from his eyes.
Now he seems to have turned back into his usual self, Zhou Yanyao.
Seeing his drastically changing expression and pitiful look, Ning Wanwan suddenly couldn't bring herself to be angry anymore.
Zhou Yanyao looked disappointed for a moment, then tried to come closer, looking even more like a pitiful golden retriever trying to please its owner: "Wanwan, are you unhappy? Why?"
Ning Wanwan: "..."
How come the situation seems to have reversed now... She originally thought that since she and he were both giving each other the cold shoulder, there was no need to say anything more.
Who knew that this would soften my heart a little, and I would feel embarrassed to keep keeping a straight face and not saying anything.
She couldn't help but ask, "So... first, answer me, why are you here today?"
“I’ve been working at this amusement park for a long time. I come here whenever I have free time on holidays. I didn’t expect to run into you today. I was quite surprised when I saw you.”
Although he didn't understand why Ning Wanwan asked this question, Zhou Yanyao still answered seriously.
Ning Wanwan was taken aback: "Have you been working part-time here for a long time?"
“Yeah, the atmosphere at the amusement park is great. Sometimes you can wear a mascot costume all day and give out little gifts to the kids. It’s quite an interesting part-time job.” Zhou Yanyao scratched his head.
It's amazing that she can still work a full day in such a bulky mascot costume; she must have so much energy!
Ning Wanwan thought of how Zhou Yanyao had carried her all the way to this rest room and how skillfully he had searched for the first-aid kit.
It seems to be true; he kept his promise and did not peek at the invitation letter.
...Wait a minute, Zhou Yanyao has been working part-time at the amusement park for at least a while now, so maybe he knows some information that others don't!
Ning Wanwan almost immediately thought of the important thing she wanted to do at the amusement park today.
She paused, then tentatively asked, "Zhou Yanyao, while you were at the amusement park, did you notice anything unusual happening lately?"
“It’s a different thing, let me think…” Zhou Yanyao rested his knuckles on his chin, deep in thought.
"The amusement park is not much different from usual. The only difference is that some facilities and the main control room have been upgraded, especially the main control room."
"I heard that it's because someone from higher up is coming to inspect, so the people in charge of the amusement park are taking it very seriously."
Important information!
Realizing this might be the key, Ning Wanwan's eyes lit up, and she couldn't help but continue to ask, "Do you know who's coming to inspect?"
"We part-time employees don't know about that," Zhou Yanyao shook his head. "Wanwan, why are you asking these questions?"
"I just wanted to ask..." Ning Wanwan wasn't disappointed that she hadn't found out the identity of the person conducting the inspection, "Do you know where the control room is?"
If there's no other information, we might as well go to the control room in person and take a look.
However, such places are definitely not marked on the maps of the attractions.
"Wanwan, what are you asking these questions for?" Zhou Yanyao asked suddenly, as if he had sensed something.
Ning Wanwan: "No, no."
The answer was too outrageous and complicated; no one would believe it anyway. Ning Wanwan couldn't explain how she knew it, nor could she reveal it to the characters in the story. Besides, Ning Wanwan remembered that her job was to bring the plot back on track, not to make it go further astray.
Zhou Yanyao looked at Ning Wanwan meaningfully, then shrugged and replied, "I don't know, we generally don't deal with those things."
Ning Wanwan always felt that Zhou Yanyao was hiding something, but at this moment Zhou Yanyao kept his mouth shut.
She asked several more times, but Zhou Yanyao managed to answer her with a bright smile without revealing any other information.
Ning Wanwan had no choice but to give up and prepared to go to the control room herself later, which might take some time.
But at least we've had some unexpected gains so far. Having a goal is always better than being like a headless fly.
Zhou Yanyao rested his chin on his hand, tilted his head slightly to look at her, his eyes filled with a deep smile, as if he was still waiting for her to ask other questions.
She gathered her thoughts and continued asking about the invitation letter, which she hadn't finished asking about before.
"That day, I asked you to deliver the letter to Jiang Chengran... Did anything unexpected happen?"
“Unexpected…no, he opened it and read it.” Zhou Yanyao’s lips tightened, thinking that Ning Wanwan was referring to whether Jiang Chengran had read the letter.
Ning Wanwan hesitated for a moment, organizing her thoughts: "No... I mean, before the letter was handed to Jiang Chengran, did you let it leave you? Or did anything unusual happen?"
Zhou Yanyao shook his head again: "No, because of what you said, I value that letter very much and have always kept it with me."
Ning Wanwan was a little confused. So what exactly happened that made Jiang Chengran arrive at the amusement park as promised, according to the detailed time and place in the letter, but not know that the letter was written by Lin Ruowei, and still think that she was inviting him on a date?
Ning Wanwan's expression was somewhat serious. Zhou Yanyao probably realized that the reason she didn't want to "reward" him might be related to this. He continued to think hard and quickly pulled out a detail from his memory.
"By the way, I ran into your class teacher in the hallway. The letter fell on the ground. But I'm sure I checked it after picking it up, and the envelope was intact."
Upon hearing this, Ning Wanwan had a bad feeling: "Teacher, which teacher are you talking about...?"
"It's that new teacher in your class, I think her surname is Mu."
Ning Wanwan: "..."
She felt a slight dizziness.
Alright, no need to think about it anymore, it must have been Mu Xijue's doing.
Everything made sense now, even the strange things he said under the tree at the school gate after school on Friday made sense.
It is very likely that he tampered with the letter, such as erasing or altering the signature.
The fact that the envelope was undamaged is not a reason for Mu Xijue not to get involved.
After all, this world already has special abilities, so Ning Wanwan didn't think there was anything she couldn't do if Mu Xijue wanted to change the contents of the letter.
But Ning Wanwan couldn't understand why Mu Xijue would do this.
This behavior should not do him any good at all!
It can't just be for the sake of watching the show.
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